IT Employment
I got a little curious about the new poll question on the home page of TechRepublic this week and was wondering what everyone else thought..
If there was an IT Union, would you join or not? If so or if not, then why?
I know, curiosity killed the IT cat, but hey, sometimes I just want to know...
by brianharris
I'd never join, because I've got more skills and experience than the average and I don't want my salary coming DOWN to what the Union can negotiate for me.
Unions mean you have no incentive to get better at what you do. You only have to be average. More than that doesn't matter. That might be good for most Americans who are striving mightly to be mediocre, but not for me.
This would also be more incentive to send projects overseas where companies wouldn't have to worry about Union problems. We go on strike to get an extra $.50/hour and an additional "coffee break" and the projects go bye-bye. Its just digital information, there are no transport costs.
However, I'd be in favor of a PAC like the Bar for Lawyers or the AMA for Doctors.
by packratt
by brianharris
that managing programmers is like hearding cats and its true, because I'm doing it. It would take some effort to create a PAC that everyone would support. But, we're a fairly well paid lot, I think we'd have a good bit of clout if it could be done.
Someone should put an end to the ITAA and all the "special reports" that Gartner puts out.
by packratt
Yes, we in IT could make a powerfull group of lobbyists and reap many benefits from organizing a professional group that would represent our needs. I think that there would also be many side benefits to us in IT from forming a professional association that could garner group rates for contractor and consultant insurance, organize meetings to discuss important industry changes, and to just network with our peers.
...As far as the ITAA, there should be opposition to the strength they wield on the side of the IT industry itself, often at the expense of the IT workers themselves which seems odd for some reason.
But for Gartner, I've been concerned lately with the increase in Gartner content here in TechRepublic and have been looking at other tech sites again in a search for something more "techie-friendly" in case the Gartner "industry friendly" content continues to get out of hand.
by mievans
Why would any IT Professional want to unionize? I can only speak for my personal expriences, of course, but I completely agree with Kurt Moser's comment from this article about creating "opportunities of your own merit". With a nation-wide (U.S.) job deficit of 400,000+ job opportunities, there is absolutly no reason why anyone with the slightest initiatiative cannot grow professionally and economically as an IT Professional.
To opt to unionize instead of relying on your own merit would beto invite a huge "red-tape" machine to dictate - and to limit - the opportunites before us all. As for me, I would much rather rely on my own initiative.
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